Billy Tauzin Quotes
I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
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I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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I think trying to be flashy and doing things that are out of your realm of comfort is the problem with the Divas.
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A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.
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Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.
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I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.
